Lawn-rake



L. GIBBS.

LAWN RAKE.

(No Model.)

No. 314,373. Patented Mar. 24, 1,885.

Attorneys WITNESSES N. PEIERS. Phomlimo m nur. Washmgmn. 0.0.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

LEWIS GIBBS, or oanron, OHIO.

LAWN- RAKE.

SPECIFICATION fonning part of Letters Patent No. 314,373, dated March 24, 1885.

Application filed October 3, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS GIBBS, of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lawn-Rakes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in lawn-rakes, the object being to improve the construction and 'to reduce the initial cost of these utensils.

WVith this object in view my invention 0011- sists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved lawnrake. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the under side of the rake. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the handle-socket and attachments. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in perspective of a portion of an end piece. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of an entire end piece. Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of one of the braces. Fig. 7 isa transverse section of the rake-head. Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of a portion of the rake-head with parts broken away to show the construction. Fig. 9 is a side view in elevation of a rake-tooth.

A represents the wooden handle that is secured in the skeleton socket A. This socket terminates in the shank A that is bent at the end, as shown, and hooks over the head of the rake, and is secured thereto at A. The socket part is provided with the points a, that, after the handle is in position, are bent around the handle, and are hammered down to embed the points more or less in the wood, thereby firmly securing the handle from pulling out endwise. If the handle, from shrinkage or other cause, should become loose, a blow on these points will bend them down still farther and tighten the handle. This skeleton is therefore a great improvement on the ordinary socket, that in cross-section is an entire circle. On the sides of the socket arethe cars a for attaching the braces B. On the under side of the shank are the depending points a and a". The former are bent under the edges (No model.)

latter is driven through the same board and clinched. The braces B are riveted to the cars a, and have depending points I), that are bent under the edge of the board 0-, and the braces at the end at l/ are secured by a screw or nail to the rake-head. The head 'of the rake is formed of the pieces 0, D, and E, to which are added the metal end pieces, F, and the teeth G. The teeth are shown clearly in Fig. 9, and consist each of a single piece of wire bent as there shown. The wooden piece D hasa series of slight grooves, d, to receive the shanks of the teeth, and have small holes (2, in which the points 9 of the teeth enter. When the teeth are pressed or driven home, the wire fits snugly in the grooves d, and the ends g of the teeth are forced firmly into the wood. The part E is then secured to the face of the part D, by means of which the teeth are held in place, after which the part 0 is placed in the position shown, and secured to the parts D and E by nails, screws, or other means. The end pieces, F, are preferably of malleable iron, and made right and left hand ed, and have a rib, f, that lies on top of the part 0, and lips f, arranged preferably in pairs to embrace the part 0, and may have teats f, that may be indented into the wood of the board 0, as shown at Fig. 2, and the I to hold the end piece from drawing off of the part 0. The end piece is also secured by a screw, 0". The lower end, F, is curved to correspond with the part 9 of the teeth, and form runners to slide along the ground. The teeth are bent in such shape that when the rake is held in position for work the points of the teeth are elevated a short distance above the ground, so that each tooth forms a runner and slides along the ground, and there is no part of the rake that scrapes the surface of the ground,and therefore there is no possibility of injuring the grass-roots. the ground that they pass under leaves, grass, or anything lying loose on the surface. teeth are preferably of steel wire, and are quite elastic, and consequently are not easily broken. The teeth are of considerable length, and the board 0 is of considerable width, so that the rake has sufficient capacity for leaves and other light litter that is usually to be removed from The The points of the teeth areso near IOO or injured, it is easily and cheaply replaced, and a few-extra teeth may be furnished with each rake at a mere nominal extra cost.

The construction is such that the rake is light and strong, and may be made at a small initial cost.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to connect the rake-head to the handle by an inter- .vening metallic socket, and also that it is not broadly new to strengthen the connection between the handle and head by side braces; but

What I claim.is

1. In a lawn-rake, a handle-socket terminating in a shank for attachment to the rakehead, and bent at the end so as to hook over the side of the head, and provided with ears for the attachment of braces and with points adapted to engage the wood-work and to be clinched, substantially as set forth.

2. In a lawn-rake, a skeleton socket for ahandle semicircular in cross-section, and provided on the edges with depending points for bending around and securing the wooden handle, and the socket terminating in a shank for attachment to the rake-head, substantially as set forth.

3. In alawn-rake,atapering skeleton socket for a handle with depending points adaptedv to be bent around the wooden handle, and the socket provided with lugs or ears for the attachment of braces, and terminating in a shank for attachment to the rake-head, and braces riveted to said ears and secured to the rake-head, substantiallyas set forth.

4. In a lawn-rake, the combination, with braces provided with points for clinching to the rake-head, of a handle socket and shank provided with ears or lugs for attaching the braces, substantially as set forth.

5. In a lawn-rake, wire teeth, preferably of 0 spring-steel, and each tooth separate from the other teeth and bent back near the upper end at about a right angle, the ends of which are adapted to be forced into the wood and the lower end curved forward and upward, so as to form runners, with the points of the teeth slightly elevated from the ground when the rake is held in working position, substantially as set forth.

6. In a lawn-rake,the part D, provided with the grooves d.and the holes (1, in combination with the teeth G and the strip E, substantially as set forth.

7. In a lawn'rake, the combination, with the parts D and E and the teeth G, of the-part O and the ends F, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specificar tion, in the presence of two witnesses, this22d' day of September, 1884-.

LEWIS GIBBS.

V Witnesses: I

F. A. FOSTER, H. H. TRUMP. 

